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Camaret-sur-mer

Sciences & discovery  Walks  Sites and museums 

From the port of camaret to the point of pen-hir, the coast offers a splendid panorama on the iroise sea.

Religious heritage

Religious heritage


  The St Remi church
  The Notre Dame de Rocamadour chapel, built on the forrow that protects the Camaret port
  The Saint Julien chapel in the Lannilien village

Maritime heritage

Maritime heritage


  The port
  The lobster fishing tradition: on the furrow, you'll visit some boats witnesses of the lobster fishing - the "Belle Etoile", a copy of a true Camaret lobster boat.

 military heritage

military heritage


  The Vauban Tower: by its function of a stopover port and a place for refuge by heavy weather, starting from the XVIIth century Camaret plays a major role in the defensive system of the port of Brest.
  The red ball furnace
  The batteries of Camaret: The battery of Gouin, the battery of Kerbonn
  The museum of the battle of the Atlantic in Kerbonn

 sainte barbe headland

sainte barbe headland


  Rocky headland, carved out of armorican sandstone. The very resistant (quartz) sandstone makes up the backbone of the Peninsula of Crozon.

 pen-hir headland

pen-hir headland


  High white cliffs, armorican sandstone, extending into the sea by the Tas de Pois, steep islets detached from the coast.
  Ornithological sanctuary sheltering nesting seabirds.

The kerloc'h pond

The kerloc'h pond


  On the pond of Kerloc’h, with its varied flora and vegetation, a hundred or so bird species shelter, such as the Reed warbler, Dartford warbler, Reed bunting. Nearly a third of the nesting species frequent this site. 22 of the 39 species of dragonfly recorded in Finistère are to be found here. But above all it’s the otter that makes the area such a special place.

 the megaliths of  lagatjar

the megaliths of lagatjar


  Restored in 1929, the alignment megalithic of Lagatjar offers an imposing quadrilateral of 65 menhirs which extend on more than 200 meters and which attest an extremely old occupation on this remarkable height near the beach of Toulinguet.

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